Microsoft Security Updates: April 2019
This month’s Patch Tuesday addresses 74 vulnerabilities, with 16 labeled as Critical. Eight of the Critical vulns are for scripting engines and browser components, impacting Microsoft browsers and Office, along with another 5 Critical vulns in MSXML. Two Critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities are patched in GDI+ and IOleCvt. Two privilege escalation vulns in […]
Kaseya Software Management Module
Patching is the process of repairing system vulnerabilities discovered within the infrastructure or an enhancement to an existing application with addon features. The number of patches required on a consistent basis can be overwhelming. Therefore, it is necessary to devise a patch management process to ensure the proper preventive measures are taken against potential threats, and to […]
Microsoft Security Updates: March 2019
This month’s Patch Tuesday addresses 65 vulnerabilities, with 18 of them labeled as Critical. Thirteen of the Critical vulns are for scripting engines and browser components, impacting Microsoft browsers and Office. Three remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities are patched in the Windows DHCP Client, as well as an RCE vuln in Windows Deployment Services TFTP Server […]
Facing a Challenge, Automation within Kaseya is the Key
With constant growth in the IT infrastructure, and with services going in many different directions (in-house assets, data centers, cloud ecosystems, etc.), it is getting very difficult to keep track of changes, version controls, and much more. This is leading to even more difficulty in managing such infrastructure for multiple clients. With such a diverse […]
Microsoft Security Updates: February 2019
This month’s Patch Tuesday is very large, with 74 vulns being addressed of which 20 are labeled as critical. Fifteen of these critical vulns are in the Scripting Engine and browsers, with the remainder being GDI+, SharePoint, and DHCP. Microsoft also issued an Advisory for an Exchange 0-day, along with a patch for one of […]
Kaseya’s Temporary Agent – Live Connect on Demand
Although this is not a new feature in Kaseya, I feel as though it is one of the most rarely used. Live Connect on Demand installs a temporary agent on a machine which allows Live Connection to that specific machine, up to a maximum of 12 hours. The best part of this being that as […]
Best Practice Naming of Patching Groups
Whether you are working with an EDF based selection method or adding machines to groups manually it’s always easier to avoid mistakes when the patching groups your’re working with have names that clearly define what they do to the machines added to them. Our first advice is to never create groups that cater directly to […]
Takeaways from IT Nation 2018 Copy
The ProVal Tech team had the opportunity to get together a few days in advance of IT Nation in Orlando. For a team that works mostly remote, apart from our office in India, this presents a great opportunity for folks to bond. ConnectWise, as always, put up a great show and played wonderful hosts to […]
Microsoft Security Updates: January 2019
This month’s Patch Tuesday is medium in size, with 47 vulnerabilities covered and only 7 labeled as Critical. Twenty-six of the vulns apply to Windows Servers and Workstation operating systems. Two of the Critical apply to Hyper-V and could lead to RCE on the host system. Microsoft also issued and out-of-band patch in December for […]
